The beetle larvae killed up to three tadpoles an hour, often discarding a half-eaten one if another was close by. “None of these behaviors were documented before,” Valdez says.

ABOVE: Diving beetle eggs (circled in red) laid on frog spawn hatch within hours of the emergence of the tadpoles the beetle larvae feed on. JOHN GOULD The paper J. Gould et al., “Diving beetle ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Once the grass frogs of Predjama have successfully mated, it will take two weeks for the tadpoles to emerge. But a threat still abounds, in the ...

During six years of sampling, the researchers recorded 69 diving beetle species, representing 70% of all known species in the Uusimaa region. Ponds became more distinct from themselves year by year.

A diving beetle demonstrating various adaptations to the life underground, including depigmentation and evolutionary loss of eyes, was discovered in the cave Soprador do Carvalho, Portugal. This ...

In a long-delayed decision prompted by a 2007 petition filed by environmentalists, the federal agency has concluded that the Edwards Aquifer diving beetle does not face an existential threat from ...

Imagine if your foot looked like this. Shoe shopping would be a nightmare! But this is the foot of a diving beetle, and fortunately diving beetles don’t need shoes, as their legs and feet are ...

The Edwards Aquifer diving beetle lives in Hays and Comal counties, and it was not added to the list of endangered species by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

A diving beetle demonstrating various adaptations to the life underground, including depigmentation and evolutionary loss of eyes, was discovered in the cave Soprador do Carvalho, Portugal. This ...

Journal reference: Baik, S., et al. (2021) Diving beetle–like miniaturized plungers with reversible, rapid biofluid capturing for machine learning–based care of skin disease.